Building a used Asgard Metal Garden Shed:
Asgard sheds are known for their tough, hard-wearing finish, weatherproof qualities, and durability. Recently we got the chance to build an Asgard Centurion Shed that was 15 years old and had been built, stripped, built again, stripped, and dragged around the country as a demonstrator shed. So how does an Asgard stand up when built and dismantled a dozen times for over a decade??
How durable Are Asgard Sheds?
“The shed had been in storage for at least 2 years so the 1st thing we noticed was the cobwebs” - Stuart, Asgard installation. “This shed was buried in a garage and looked like it had not been touched.. Ever!”
A quick inspection showed that only one cover strip was missing, a few deep scratches were present on the bodywork and as expected the keys for the lock had long gone. So the job was to build the shed and swap the lock, easy?
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Shed Build Stage six: Swapping the lock. With no key, swapping the locking system was next. A new lock is very easy to fit, so we decided to change the entire lock mechanism, not just the barrel, both are easy to do, the old lock worked fine, but the old lock mechanism was over 15 years old, so why not fit a new one while we are there? This took around 10 minutes to do. A few squirts of oil in the door hinges for good measure and we were done. |
The final product:
"So after just over an hour we managed to rescue and reuse an old Asgard shed - by 10 am we had picked, sorted, packed up the base, re-oiled the hinges, built the shed and swapped a locking mechanism. A great result and shows how durable an Asgard shed is. After 15 years, its looks as good as the day it was made." - Stu - Installation.
See the Centurion metal shed here.